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Message:: [QUOTE="Detecto92, post: 1783985, member: 75105"]Drumroll please..... The slab. You're going to think I'm crazy, but read this... Okay, right now it costs $20-$25 to send in a non-modern, not gold coin into PCGS. $25 is secure holder, $20 is standard. Now if you wanted to, you could just stick that 1892-CC BU silver dollar in a paper flip. Which of course, the little paper specks could cause toning. The mylar window is thin, and offers no protection from the coin getting hit by another coin. Paper flips often yellow in 10+ years depending on how they are stored, get dirty, wrinkled, etc. Then, you could also use an air-tite, but if you drop the coin in an air-tite, as heavy as a silver dollar is, it's most likely going to crack like an egg when it hits that cold concrete, sending your precious coin scooting under the dusty floor of your fridge. While both of the above methods are cheap, they offer little protection. So now we have the slab. $25 DOES sound expensive, but think about it. That $500 coin could be worth scrap if it were to fall out of an air-tite, or get dinged through the mylar window of a cardboard flip. The slab is sonically welded on all sides, preventing it from opening it if fell. Of course, you're not spending $25 just to get it put in a fancy holder, you're getting it graded as well. While the coin might be worth $300 as is, it could be worth a bunch more if the TPG slabs it as MS65, instead of MS64. While grading IS subjective, people usually pay the grade on the slab. So if you have a coin worth at least $200, and plan on keeping it for over 20 years, the slab is cheap. If you keep the slab 20 years, and spend $25 to get it graded, you're not even spending $2.00 a YEAR to have it in a holder that will keep it from harm.[/QUOTE]

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